Celadon bowl

[Teunis van Eijk]

Hello,

Last item I found is again a celadon bowl.
Crackles can be feld with the nails. Bottom looks very nice with this special haped stand ring.

Is this an old item or brand new?

It measures approx 16 cm.

Regards,
Teunis

[peterp]

Difficult to tell from these pictures, but the decoration in the bottom image is suspect.
I usually recommend to not collect monochrome items because they are more difficult to verify. The same is valid for those of pre-Yuan times, unless you want to specialize in such. It is a whole different thing from the Ming, Qing and early republic wares.

If this was genuine, it would likely be very pricey, at least in the Far East. That is the reason why there are so many fakes. The less expensive wares are more likely genuine. As with the censer and bowl, hands-on is necessary to inspect the glaze, bubbles and other things, it is difficult to check on this type of wares, because the glaze is the main decoration.  And even then it is not sure. If you want to collect such items, better buy such with very clear age signs, or which are clearly imitations of Ge or Guan wares (so-called Fang-Guan and Fang-Ge) made during the Qing dynasty. You need to have someone specialized on ancient wares inspect such items. If you are in Europe, those in major auction houses or museums with Chinese collections are more likely to have such expertise.

[Teunis van Eijk]

Hello Peter,

Could not resist the temptation since it is such a nice bowl and the price was only ? 40,-

Regards,
Teunis